chard

[ chahrd ]
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noun
  1. a variety of beet, Beta vulgaris cicla, having leaves and leafstalks that are used as a vegetable.

Origin of chard

1
1650–60; apparently <French chardon thistle; see cardoon

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How to use chard in a sentence

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  • When it was a question of his personal safety, Barney chard preferred to take no chances at all.

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  • The Tube wouldn't help make the world a safer place for Barney chard.

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  • Barney chard came up out of an uneasy sleep to the sudden sharp awareness that something was wrong.

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British Dictionary definitions for chard

chard

/ (tʃɑːd) /


noun
  1. a variety of beet, Beta vulgaris cicla, with large succulent leaves and thick stalks, used as a vegetable: Also called: Swiss chard, leaf beet, seakale beet

Origin of chard

1
C17: probably from French carde edible leafstalk of the artichoke, but associated also with French chardon thistle, both ultimately from Latin carduus thistle; see cardoon

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